This text highlights the value of a team approach to appreciating the commplexity of spinal pain and a range of treatment approaches. Contributions from epidemiology, anatomy, pathology, biomechanics, clinical medicine orthopaedics, chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy are presented. Each section is written by an experienced practitioner and provides a summary of pertinent material, seeking to improve the reader's understanding of the causes of cervical spine pain The volume is part of a series of three books bringing together a multidisciplinary approach to the management of mechanical spinal pain.

An ancient demon hatches a plan to gain human form. A Spanish conquistador, hungry for wealth and status, sets sail for the New World. An American soldier in modern-day Germany desperately searches for his runaway girlfriend. All three stories combine and collide in The Last Conquistador. Life has suddenly gotten tough for Randy Velasquez, a US soldier stationed in Germany. Lise, his pregnant girlfriend, has just split, and now he's seeing a horrifying demonic creature. He's desperate to win Lise back, but the creature keeps reappearing, and when it does, he blacks out and experiences someone else's life. The year is 1530, and Rodrigo, spurned in love, leaves Spain for the New World to join the plunder of riches. But his dreams are dashed when he's shipwrecked in the wild lands north of Cuba. Suddenly life is only about survival. As Randy unearths Lise's dark side, he also discovers his connection to Rodrigo and the true nature of the demonic creature. But that knowledge alone won't be enough to save him from his fate. The Last Conquistador is a novel of supernatural suspense spanning two continents and five centuries. It combines elements of crime noir with the sweep of a historical epic, tied together with a tale of horror. It is a story of loves lost and worlds transformed, with characters motivated by greed and hope.